Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

It would give employees a legal right to ask for flexible working, including remote working or flexible hours, and require employers to respond within four weeks. Employers could refuse only if the change is not reasonably workable, and they would have to explain their reasons, keep a written flexible work policy, and allow appeals in some cases. It also protects workers from being punished for making a request and lets complaints be brought to the Workplace Relations Commission.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide employees with a right to flexible work, to require an employer to deal with a request for flexible work within a fixed period, to provide that an employer may refuse a request only on grounds of reasonable practicability, to require employers to maintain a policy on flexible work which can be inspected by employees and the Workplace Relations Commission, to provide for a right of appeal in certain circumstances against a refusal of flexible work, and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 30 January 2025